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Clean Eating – The Dirty Secrets

Having had my running Instagram account for almost 18 months, at this time of year i do see a lot of people jumping onto the latest fads and crazes for health and fitness.

I like to call it Faduary. The month of fads.

So many have had the new year resolutions, of which so many have now gone. They feel like failures and will wait for the next years resolutions to start over again.

Some will persist and have great success.

What’s the difference? In my opinion, attitude and determination to succeed.

One of the fads that has been sweeping Social Media for a while now, is Clean Eating. There was a documentary on BBC2 this week, called Clean eating – the Dirty secrets. The quote for the program was:

If you’ve ever longed to see a dollop of strong science ladled over food fads, this is for you. Cambridge biologist Dr Giles Yeo looks at the idea – spread via cookbooks and social media – that we can eat ourselves well; that if we give up gluten or dairy or processed foods (or all the above) we can purify ourselves, avoid disease and run a spiffing Instagram account.

Well, being curious, i had to watch the program, which is a rarity for me as i watch so little TV.

Having seen the program, there is very much a dark side, as with many fads that some people want to exploit.

According to the show, i am clearly a “Dirty” eater. I eat all the wrong foods. maybe that would explain that up to now, my Instagram account has not taken off as much as other runners like me? The presenter of the show was running an Instagram account for the show about clean eating and when he posted a picture of a meat sandwich he lost about 20% of his followers!

Does that make me a bad boy? Well according to the advocates of clean eating, i must be a VERY bad boy!

When it comes to eating, i believe if you have a good balanced diet, eat moderately and more importantly, enjoy what we eat, that is all we need to do.

If you also want to read more about the show, there is a review here in The Telegraph.

Speaking of fads. Anyone remember step aerobics classes from the 80’s? Well, the latest fad is called Barre. This is one used for Ballet classes and getting lots of social media exposure now in that it can help build your core and is apparently excellent for marathon training.

Anyone reading this tried a Barre class for marathon training?

Would love to hear from anyone on your views about Clean eating, Barre or any other innovation that can help us all.